The former "Idol" cried as she sang a ballad about her estranged mother. Nov. 9, 2007 — -- Kellie Pickler's emotional performance at the Country Music Awards Wednesday night was a showstopper.

The suspect in a deadly mass shooting in North Carolina once escorted an American Idol contestant to the CMT Awards. Shortly after a mass shooting in Southport on Sunday, Nigel Max Edge was arrested ...

Nigel Edge, the alleged Southport shooter, accompanied country singer Kellie Pickler to the 2012 CMT Music Awards. For the unversed, on Saturday, a mass shooting occurred at the bar area of American ...

(This story was updated to add new information and because it contained an inaccuracy. The suspect in a deadly shooting once escorted Kellie Pickler to the CMT Awards.) The suspect in a deadly mass ...